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Nelson, Mason A. – American School and University, 1980
A step-by-step guide to setting up an inventory control system that works. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Inventory, Purchasing
Powell, Jon T. – Media and Methods, 1981
Argues than an important key to any educational institution's successful management of media equipment is the maintenance of a record of inventory. Suggests how such an inventory can be prepared and what information it should contain. (FL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Equipment, Educational Technology, Equipment Evaluation
Hathaway, J. L. – School Business Affairs, 1981
Administrators responsible for purchasing school insurance should work with insurance companies to insure competitive prices and responsive services. Guidelines are provided. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Bids, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Inventory
Nelson, Mason – American School and University, 1980
This second article in a series on inventory control outlines the importance of the warehouse and its part in providing good logistical services. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Facility Inventory, Higher Education
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1989
This document lists equipment and equipment-like supplies used in classrooms in nine vocational education programs in North Carolina. It was prepared to help local educational agencies assess the adequacy of their vocational education equipment; identify and plan for equipment purchases to meet the minimum requirements; and determine the…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Educational Equipment, Educational Resources, Equipment Evaluation
Patterson, Don E. – School Business Affairs, 1983
Objective evaluations of whether to repair or replace existing school equipment depend on an equipment inventory, evaluation of equipment suitability, and knowledge of repair possibilities and costs. (MLF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Evaluation
Nelson, Mason – American School and University, 1981
An inventory control system stimulates competitive bidding, resulting in the best price for an item. Other cost savings can be achieved by specifying prepayment of freight charges by the successful bidder, seeking standardization of products, and purchasing jointly with nearby municipalities and school districts. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Bids, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Webb, David J. – 1992
This paper discusses the most frequently used rental items for university outdoor programs and describes strategies for saving money in purchasing equipment. A 1983 survey of 11 university programs indicated that the most frequently available rental items for summer and winter were sleeping bags, tents, backpacks, cross-country skis, and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, College Programs, Consumer Education, Costs
Pennington, John R., Jr.; Brown, William W. – 1985
The furniture and equipment inventory system of the Montgomery County Public Schools is examined in this report. Following a summary, comments provided by the Office of the Associate Superintendent for Supportive Services relating to recommendations made in the report are presented. The first chapter provides an introduction, background, program…
Descriptors: Classroom Furniture, Educational Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Standards
Munsterman, Richard E. – 1978
More than ever, schools must develop procedures to increase cost effectiveness and control in the purchasing, storage, delivery of, and accounting for educational equipment and supplies. This document is intended to provide beginning purchasing officials, as well as other administrators and staff, with a basic understanding of the purchasing…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administration, Administrative Organization, Bids
